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Vinyl still a design showcase

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Showcasing a diverse mix of art and design, it was Muse's The Resistance album that took first place in the 2009 Best Art Vinyl Awards. >

12 Feb 10
Look Mom, No Hands

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

True South African multi-culturalism, Mix n Blend display a genre-busting sound and colourful illustrations on their debut album. >

1 Feb 10
50c business bible

Reviews > Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

The 50th Law (Profile Books) tells the life of 50 Cent, aka Curt Jackson, who topped Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash King list in 2008. >

30 Nov 09
CD: Shaka Won

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

After their first album release in 2006, the cool kids of Mtkidu have (finally) released their second limited-edition album, Shaka Won. >

28 Nov 09
CD: Mooi Besoedeling

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

For Zinkplaat's fourth album, designers Fanakalo.co.za created a scratch-off album cover. >

27 Nov 09
Chris Blackwell goes with his gut and brings us reggae

Talks > Music & Sound Design

Described by some as, "the definitive creative entrepreneur", Chris Blackwell pioneered the emergence of reggae into popular culture. >

23 Nov 09
Soundscape tabletop

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Architect Daniel Dendra created a table in which the surface modulation translates the soundscape of Cairo into a 3D landscape. >

17 Nov 09
Channel O lucky packet

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

The new magazine Coco Joe has been conceived as a brand extension for Channel O by Peet Pienaar and design studio The President. >

1 Nov 09
Straight outta SA

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Craig Wessels directs the beautiful robotic music video for European pop-rock sensation Tokio Hotel’s Automatic. >

31 Oct 09
Be screened at Design Indaba Expo 2010...

Festival News > Music & Sound Design

SA filmmakers, students and hobbyists are invited to submit their short films, music videos and animations for the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. >

8 Sep 09
Jaunted Haunts Press

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Righard Kapp recently released four albums on his garage label Jaunted Haunts Press. >

5 Sep 09
Yes, Pet Shop Boys by Mark Farrow

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

For the limited-edition of the Pet Shop Boys’s latest offering, Yes, Mark Farrow certainly responds in the affirmative. >

3 Sep 09
Musical posters

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

The hot new +27 Design Cafe in Pretoria recently showcased Andre Pereira’s most renowned works of Gig Art. >

28 Aug 09
Siblings bring music to T-shirts

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Combining two youth culture essentials, music and T-shirts, the new Hruki T-shirt range has become an immediate hit. >

15 Aug 09
Chic Afrique

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

In line with their exciting live performances, the packaging of Gazelle’s debut CD, Chic Afrique, is an experience. >

15 May 09
Koos

Reviews > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Legendary post-punk 1980s agitators, Koos’s iconic so-called “black tape” has been re-mastered, repackaged and re-released. >

15 May 09
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Stefan Sagmeister designs the packaging for the collector's edition of David Byrne and Brian Eno's collaborative album. >

15 May 09
Fishing for nonsense

Profiling > Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design

We persevered... and got some sense out of 'nonsense pioneer' Nobumichi Tosa. >

2 May 09
Nobumichi Tosa's bright peace world

Video Interviews > Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Nobumichi Tosa's quirky and inspired, youthful perspective is made manifest in his limitless innovations – his "nonsense machines". >

6 Mar 09
Reggie Watts

Reggie Watts has thrilled audiences across the world with his unique brand of improvised comedy, boggling both comedy and music fans alike. >

10 Feb 09
Brian Eno

Brian Eno is an iconic figure within international contemporary culture. >

10 Feb 09
Bellville Rock City

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

The CD/DVD box set Bellville Rock City offers a veritable resource of profiles, music videos, tracks and documentary coverage. >

1 Feb 09
All hail Gazelle!

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Better known as post-Afro dictator-dance act Gazelle, artist Xander Ferreira is extending his theatrical persona into the gallery. >

1 Feb 09
Watt the folk

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Daniel Friedman, whose alter ego is singer-songwriter Deep Fried Man, ventures in search of South African new folk music. >

1 Feb 09

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